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PrelawAdvisor.com's Estimated 2008 “Yes-Points” for Law School Applicants

This table represents a current estimate of the GPA and LSAT score at which a law school is likely to accept an applicant from Georgetown University (the "Yes-Point"). For other schools, adjust upward or downward based on the competitiveness of your undergraduate institution. Use these estimates only as a starting point; results will vary significantly based on the applicant's achievements, ethnic background (in some cases), family resources, supporting recommendations and application strategy.

The data examined for this table include the Top 50 law schools' fall 2006 admission decisions. Schools are grouped by Difficulty Category (1 through 14). Within each Difficulty Category, schools are ranked according to estimated admission difficulty.

Rank

Law School

GPA

LSAT





1

Yale

3.9

173





2

Stanford

3.87

170

2

Harvard

3.84

172





3

NYU

3.74

170

3

Columbia

3.67

171





4

Chicago

3.64

170





5

Duke

3.76

167

5

University of California-Berkeley

3.79

166

5

University of Virginia (nonresidents)

3.66

169

5

University of Pennsylvania

3.66

169

5

Georgetown (Day Program)

3.65

169

5

Northwestern

3.6

169





6

University of Michigan

3.67

168

6

Cornell

3.65

167





7

Vanderbilt

3.69

166

7

UCLA

3.63

166

7

USC

3.61

166





8

Boston University

3.68

165

8

GWU

3.63

165

8

Fordham

3.58

165

8

University of Texas

3.57

165

8

Washington & Lee

3.51

165





8

Notre Dame

3.49

165

9

William & Mary

3.6

164

8

Boston College

3.59

164

8

University of Minnesota

3.5

165

9

BYU

3.6

163

9

University of Colorado

3.56

162





10

Washington University-St. Louis

3.45

164

10

University of Illinois

3.43

164





11

Wake Forest

3.45

163

11

Emory

3.45

163

11

George Mason University

3.44

163





12

University of Washington

3.67

162

12

University of Maryland

3.59

163

12

University of California-Hastings

3.58

162

12

University of California-Davis

3.54

162

12

George Mason University

3.44

163





12

University of Alabama

3.56

162

12

University of Iowa

3.62

161

12

University of North Carolina

3.58

161

12

Ohio State University

3.58

161

12

University of Arizona

3.52

161

12

University of Georgia

3.62

160





13

Southern Methodist University

3.58

161

13

Tulane University

3.53

161

13

Indiana University-Bloomington

3.51

161

13

University of Connecticut

3.47

161

13


American University (Day Program)

3.38

161

13

University of Wisconsin

3.48

159





14

University of Florida

3.63

158





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